#Weekly Shonen Magazine

[seishiroses]

Nagisagi covers 🖤💚

#blue lock #isagi yoichi #nagi seishiro #weekly shonen magazine #bessatsu shonen magazine #animage #I love them both so much 🥰

[jariten]

あしたのジョー (Tomorrow’s Joe), Ikki Kajiwara and Tetsuya Chiba

#ashita no joe #ikki kajiwara #tetsuya chiba #my scans #weekly shonen magazine

[haveyoureadthismanga-poll]

#tsubasa reservoir chronicle #clamp #2003 #2000s #complete #shonen #weekly shonen magazine

[alexbogy]

Bleach, Weekly Shonen Jump Cover

#bleach anime #bleach #ichigo kurosaki #weekly shonen jump #weekly shonen magazine #official art #tite kubo

[ella390-the-potato]

Vinland Saga - Canute Comparison

Manga - Chapter 75 & 76

Anime - Episode 11

#Vinland Saga #Vinland Saga Season 2 #Vinland Saga S2 #Vinland Saga Spoilers #VS Spoilers #Makoto Yukimura #MAPPA #Vinland Saga Manga #Weekly Shonen Magazine #Canute #King Canute #Cnut the Great #VinlandSagaEdit #My Edit

[slamdunktheories]

Inoue reveals the inspiration for Rukawa (spoiler: it's not Jordan)

For the 50th anniversary edition of Weekly Shonen Magazine, Inoue contributed this illustration of Koma Gun from Baribari Densetsu (aka "Bari Bari Legend"), a motorbike-themed manga by Shuichi Shigeno (best known for "Initial D") that was serialised in the magazine from 1983 to 1991.

Inoue's commentary on the bottom right mentions that he was really into this series when he was a teen. It's not that clear from the illustration here but Rukawa and Koma Gun bear a striking a resemblance to each other. Here's a proper look at Koma Gun. It's not just looks though. Koma Gun is 187cm, weighs 75kg, and has a love for cats (source). He even has a penchant for sleeping anywhere, which explains Koma's bedhead look. Guess who in SD has the exact same height, weight and tendencies?

And this scene where Rukawa tries to befriend a cat? Turns out this was Inoue paying tribute to the inspiration for Rukawa's character because hey, Koma Gun had a very similar scene in Bari Bari Densetsu too (see here).

As for Jordan, IIRC Inoue had once said in an interview that he's Rukawa's idol so I'm sure a big part of him tried to emulate Jordan when it came to basketball. There's def an influence there on the basketball front, but the Bari Bari connection is so interesting.

#slam dunk #takehiko inoue #anime and manga #rukawa kaede #shonen manga #weekly shonen magazine #スラムダンク

[haveyoureadthiscomic-poll]

#fairy tail #hiro mashima #kodansha #weekly shonen magazine #kodansha comics #shonen #shonen manga #shounen #shounen manga #manga #poll

[japanesemagazinecovers]

𖠌 Weekly Shōnen Jump, Death Note covers.

To my Death Note Era.

#death note #l lawliet #light yagami #kira #near #mello #dn ryuk #manga art #weekly shonen jump #weekly shonen magazine

[20dollarscanbuymanypeanuts]

Look at my favourite trio gracing the cover of the latest Weekly Shonen Jump magazine! ❤️🧡🩷

#one piece #luffy #nami #luffy x nami #luna #lunami #monkey d. luffy #chopper #tony tony chopper #they're like their own little family #weekly shonen jump #weekly shonen magazine #ILTSFM

[non-chiederci-la-parola]

#ashita no joe #tomorrow's joe #あしたのジョー #shonen #weekly shonen magazine #joe yabuki #ikki kajiwara #70s #anime #70s anime #manga #70s manga #old manga #seinen #old anime #hajime no ippo #megalo box

[tattara]

Kagurabachi

#kagurabachi #manga aesthetic #anime and manga #anime art #manga #shonen #acción #drama #ciencia ficción #anime edit #crimen #misterio #thriller #chihiro #weekly shonen jump #weekly shonen magazine #hokazono takeru #shonen jump #manga panel #manga coloring #tomo 1

[jariten]

あしたのジョー (Tomorrow’s Joe), Ikki Kajiwara and Tetsuya Chiba

#ashita no joe #ikki kajiwara #tetsuya chiba #my scans #weekly shonen magazine

[haveyoureadthismanga-poll]

#a silent voice #koe no katachi #yoshitoki ooima #2013 #2010s #complete #shonen #weekly shonen magazine

[animehouse-moe]

Kagura Bachi Chapter 1: Mission

At this point, I'm sure everybody's seen all the memes and jokes about Kagura Bachi. #1 New-Gen Shonen manga that's better than God himself, or whatever. A funny joke at times, but a little overdone.

Kagura Bachi would never live up to that hype, but it's also not a series that's going down the gutter right this second. It struggles, as a first time mangaka will, but at the very least has the potential to turn things around. So, let's take a look at this first chapter then and see what it can do.

The art. All the teaser images you've seen around make it look surprisingly good, and in some places it is. But the default? It's not really that good. It's not awful, but it's far from something you'll routinely comment on.

Simple designs, simple faces, and not a lot that changes about them. Honestly, I'd put it on the same level as the Fantasy Bishoujo manga that I talked about earlier, but even then I think the average quality of the art in Kagura Bachi can struggle to keep pace. Anyways, it certainly doesn't hold a candle to other recent SJ additions. Not awful to be at the bottom of the pack, but the art itself certainly isn't an immediate selling point for readers.

Diving further into the art and style, same-face is a real struggle with the shape and designs of characters. Eyebrows and pupil/iris shapes are some of the main ways the mangaka forces distinction between their characters. Truthfully, it's not something that's a deal breaker by any means, but just points to the struggles of an early on artist (though it's not like I can really say anything when I can't draw to save my life).

A more important issue however is the action. It's got solid layouts and ideas, but the choreography can feel.. plain. Not a bad thing, but you need art that can fill those gaps, that can provide pace and movement within. Kagura Bachi does not have the benefit of art that can help with that. And so, because of that, the action ends up stuff, and even lackluster.

Well, I suppose that's enough about the art, let's talk story.

... it's essentially on the same page as the art. Some good, some bad, lotta mediocre. Bog standard revenge plot meets unique but highly underutilized power system.

Chihiro is the son of a famous blacksmith, at some point his father dies and Chihiro is out for revenge against an organization of sorcerers that, we as readers assume, are the ones that killed his father. But Chihiro's just a boy, how could he go up against sorcerers? Well, he's got some special katanas from his departed father.

Very typical, no? Which I think is a shame, because the chapter deeply limits itself. It starts with the story stating that "only" Chihiro has magically imbued Katanas, but anyone with half a brain knows that as the series goes on, villains will wield similar katanas as well. To clarify, we know that Chihiro's father has made more than just the katanas that Chihiro has. The core of the gripe is that only Chihiro's father was able to create them, and that there's no information about how many there are or who might wield them (spoiler, it's gonna be all the bad guys).

The second, and more problematic issue is how the power system is approached. It separates sorcery from the katanas themselves, which is a painful mistake. The magic should be tied to the swords, it would make for a way better power system to explore. Swords vs magic has been done a thousand times over, so I'm just not thrilled to see its opportunity squandered.

That's not where it ends though. Despite being a magic sword, and despite readers knowing, thanks to earlier exposition, that it has the ability to "ward off evil", the manifestation of that ability is... to turn the sword black and slash people really hard.

I really can't get more disappointed than this. You lead with this super cool visual of the goldfish that the katana is imbued with, and you follow with a single slash. Not even a fancy one. Just a big, fat, shonen manga slash.

So, at the end of it all. There'll be an audience for this type of story, there always is. Violent revenge plot centered around black haired swordsman fighting non-sword wielding enemies. About as generic as you could make it, really. I just hope that the mangaka sees the potential that they wield and changes it up. Different schools centered around various imbued properties. Allowing Chihiro the use of sorcery to attempt to create his own blades. Distancing itself from the revenge plot. The art will undoubtedly grow and improve if the series is allowed to live, but in these early chapters.... well it's now or never for shifting the focus of the story. It has the ability to go the distance, but by the hand of the mangaka, the story is going down a path that will destroy its potential.

#kagura bachi #kagurabachi #shonen jump #shounen jump #weekly shounen jump #weekly shonen jump #weekly shonen magazine #カグラバチ #manga review #manga reccs #manga recommendation #anime and manga #manga

[demifiendrsa]

Weekly Shonen Magazine 2022 issue #50 cover

#Weekly Shonen Magazine #Suzume #Suzume no Tojimari #Makoto Shinkai #CoMix Wave #manga #anime #film #anime film #magazine cover #late post #very late post

[noidol-nolife]

週刊少年マガジン No.20 2023年5/3号 (2023/4/19)

‘’春を纏う君’’ 菅原咲月 (乃木坂46)

#sugawara satsuki #nogizaka46 #weekly shonen magazine #magazine #may 2023